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Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason. |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Mar 3 20:54:38 2008, in response to Re: TA is obsessed with CBTC, and ''New'' tech for no reason., posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Mon Mar 3 20:44:06 2008. BTW, i was on an R32 R train that hit about 60 miles down there, but shee took brake because of a r46 in front...R trains have to take a switch, and there are timed signals enforcing lower speed through the turnout; the R46 leading train was very likely another R train, which had to slow down, and judging by how your train was bunching with the interval ahead of it, something was off with sticking to schedule. Your R32 R train would have to slow down anyway to take the same turnout. 42s, and 40s are fast too. even with a dead car or two, it seems they will always outrun a healthy set of hippos. From a stop, I think they seem the quickest around, at least to about 10 mph. Above that, I think they drop off quickly in terms of maintaining that acceleration rate. By contrast, I think the 'hippos' are relatively worse from a stop to about 10 mph, but accelerate maybe slightly better than other cars at higher speeds. Fastest rides I ever had through the 60th St Tunnel were in an R68A descending from Astoria. |
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